SpaceX tested its huge Starship launch system for the eighth time on Thursday. The company caught the booster out of midair, but lost another upper stage in space.
Seven minutes later, Starship's huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, returned to Starbase for a dramatic catch by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms. It was the third time that SpaceX has ...
The Elon Musk-owned company delighted stargazers last October during its fifth test when it completed the first successful catch of the booster rockets, with Starship itself completing a ...
SpaceX pulled off the rocket booster catch maneuver during its eighth test flight but the Starship spacecraft exploded over the Caribbean, according to reports from residents.
One of the goals of the flight was to catch the Super Heavy booster using the chopsticks on the launch tower, which was completed successfully. Starship's upper stage rocket is seen breaking ...
A look back at all of the spectacular tests — and failures — that have punctuated SpaceX's development of its Starship rocket ...
The failure follows a similar pattern seen during the Jan. 16 launch, which also saw a successful catch of the Super Heavy booster, but the Starship spacecraft blew up after passing over the Gulf ...
It's the third successful booster catch for SpaceX ... returning to Starbase while the company lost contact with the Starship rocket. Debris was recorded raining down from the sky in the ...
SpaceX is scheduled to launch its eighth test flight of the massive Starship rocket on Monday, which will include another attempt to catch its Super Heavy booster at the launchpad with mechanical ...
But like the seventh test flight, the eighth flight also ended with a loss of the Starship vehicle. While the company was successful in capturing a booster from the rocket as it returned to the ...
For the seventh test flight in January of this year, SpaceX lost all communications with Starship's upper stage after it was able to catch the ship's massive rocket booster in the launch pad’s ...
Currently, SpaceX is aiming for a 6:30 p.m. EST liftoff time on March 6 for the Starship Flight 8 launch. The company originally tried to launch Flight 8 on Monday, but encountered undisclosed Booster ...